Questions tagged [novel]
For questions about a book of long narrative in literary prose, in order to distinguish it from other types of story. Do NOT use this tag for every question which happens to be about a novel. Use to either identify the media on a [story-identification] question or disambiguate works where the tag covers the novel and its form in other media.
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Dark fantasy novel featuring Es, a faerie seeking to be queen, and a fae expert who can make a special fae brew, allowing levitation
I read this book years ago (it's not something recently written), but the book and I have parted ways at some point, and I cannot remember the title, or author! Google has no answers, nor Goodreads. ...
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A novel about a whole planeload of Doppelgänger
I read this Fantasy novel recently, in late 2020 or 2021. I read it in a paperback in French. I believe it was indeed originally written in French, but I might be mistaken.
The book is full of ...
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Book that I read around 1975, where the main character is a retired space pilot hired to steal an object from a lab called Menlo Park
I'm looking for a book that I read around 1975. The main character is a retired space pilot hired to steal an object from a lab called Menlo Park.
The main character lost his hand in an accident and ...
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Book set in/around a space station where the workers get tattoos of equations relevant to their profession
Looking for a title/author of a book I read years ago, when I was in the habit of browsing my library's sci-fi section. Sadly I only remember a few details:
It's set in/around a space station, no ...
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Old book about a man who finds an abandoned house with a portal to another world
This is an old book I think written around 1930s-ish timeframe (possibly older) and could be by a female author.
A man is traveling around Europe and finds what appears to be an abandoned house. (I ...
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A SF novel about high-tech gladiators-slaves turning against their masters
I read this novel about 20-25 years ago. I read it in French. Of course it might have been a translation, but for some reason I cannot put my finger on, I think it was a French original. I also have a ...
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A post-apocalyptic novel with a mutant girl covered with fur [duplicate]
I read this post-apocalyptic novel about 20 years ago. I am positive that I read it in French, in a paperback. But it might well have been a translation, quite possibly from English.
At the beginning, ...
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An SF novel with many characters among whom a "good one" and a "bad one" [duplicate]
I read this SF novel about 30 years ago, and it was possibly shortly after its first publication (in English).
It is a rich novel, with several threads that interact with each other, and many ...
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Sci-fi/fantasy book set on an alien planet where the young protagonist and their friend try to break out of their walled-in town
I'm trying to find a sci-fi/fantasy book that I read in the mid-to-late 2000s. The book was hardcover and missing its jacket, so I don't know what the cover looks like but it was a blue hard cover. ...
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Korean fantasy novel where the main character, male, wears gloves all the time
So my sister is a real gatekeeper😒
She tells me about novels ALL THE TIME, but will never tell me titles.
In this specific novel, the male lead wears gloves all the time. He ends up dying, after ...
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Book about a planet where women live in "Wells" until they become pregnant, then become the property of the man who impregnated them
Planet of low fertility, women live in "Wells" until they become pregnant, then become the property of the man who impregnated them. Woman who "runs" the Well in the story, comes ...
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Old science fiction book in which an American travels to another planet to prevent communists from corrupting the primitive inhabitants
Trying to find an old science fiction book I never finished reading as a kid. It was mid 90's when I picked it up, it was from my dad's old book collection so I don't know exactly how much older it ...
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Werewolf novel from the 80s or early 90s with silver fangs on the paperback cover
As a tween back in the late 80s/early 90s, I read a werewolf novel that, at the time, gripped me like no other story I had read before. I have long forgotten the important details but would love to ...
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Book about a college(?) age girl who moved into a house with several male roommates, one of whom is either a ghost or cursed
I'm trying to find this book I read in like junior high/high school and don't remember much. I graduated in 2017, if that helps any.
I know it's about a college(?) age girl who moved into this house. ...
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Story ID: Pre-1985 non-adventure novel, I think with light in title
[This is going to be a hard one. I will strain to give every tiny detail that I remember. Some of which may be incorrect--y'all know how that goes.]
Trying to remember the name of an SF novel that I ...
